Tag Archives: Google

MoSQL

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Google is doing more SQL, or at least shifting towards relational SQL databases as a way of storing data. At least, some of their engineers see this as a better way to store data for many problems. Since I’m a … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Google Mind

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

I read a quote a few years ago that really resonated with me. The quote is attributed to Jeffrey Hammerbacher, an early Facebook employee that left to found Cloudera, a data analytics company. The quote went like this: “The best … Continue reading →

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Better Searching on Google

Posted on August 21, 2013 by

One of the keys to being a successful technologist is being able to search for information. Google has a lot of operators, and I ran across this list of terms, thanks to Kevin Kline. It’s on the GoogleGuide site and … Continue reading →

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The Knowledge Graph

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Google does some amazing things. In many ways I like the company and their emphasis on data. I’m not sure I’d want to work there or fit into the culture, but the company tackles some problems that could really change … Continue reading →

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Google Scale

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

I heard someone talking the other day about how Google needs to optimize their code. They really pay attention to low level operation of their software, actually having people spend time writing compilers and ensuring they generate efficient code. This … Continue reading →

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